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Also known as interlocking fire

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  • Early modern warfare
  • Trench warfare
  • "Caught in the crossfire"
  • References

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A crossfire (also known as interlocking fire) is a military term for the siting of weapons (often automatic weapons such as assault rifles or sub-machine guns) so that their arcs of fire overlap. This tactic came to prominence in World War I.

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